Notices by NatalyaD (natalyad@disabled.social)

@goatsarah That's better than what I was using in 2007! Real keyboards. My T9 input is still faster than a touchscreen keyboard input is now. That's why I use a desktop + real keyboard still.

I am very saddened to share that UK disability activist Lisa Egan (Lisybabe) has died.

Police let some of her friends know last night https://disabled.social/@Lizzie@morehammer.uk/113759056162284957

Biscuit, Lisa's cat is OK and being cared for.

Funeral arrangements are TBC.

As Twitter implosion has fragmented disability communities, can people please spread the word (with CWs!).

@goatsarah I don't think Bindel was at 2013 cos I'd have kicked off if she had been - I hate her.

I wonder if you mean 2014 which was the year of protests and lot of the same organising people for sure. I know a nonbinary black person who pulled out when they found out Bindel was involved. I no longer speak to my former friends who were organisers cos TERFery.

I'm sorry you got the blame for the protests, that's just barking, but standard for TERFs who really are horrible obsessive evil ppl.

@goatsarah That'd be a fantastic party.

I don't understand how anyone rehabilitated Bindel, she's appalling.

I got monstered at 2013 Feminism in London con (just before it showed its TERF face) where I'd been asked to speak on being a bi and disabled woman (like you do). I named Bindel as a hateful bi/transphobe whose type made me avoid women's space for yrs. The organisers sat there and let a minority abuse me. But 30+ people thanked me 1 by 1 for speaking out against disablism and terfery.

@goatsarah Bugger, hope it is as mild as possible and you can just rest and recuperate fully.

@goatsarah Ah, not so bad!

@goatsarah Oh well done, car buying is a horror of sexism in your native language nevermind another one.

Lazyweb question. Does anyone know of a detailed and accurate overview of built-in assistive tech stuff in iOS and MacOS? I need to update my basic knowledge of what is available and prefer not to just rely on Apple but hear from disabled users who can give realistic commentary on the features.

@goatsarah I'm not sure that's real as I have a close trans friend who is good friends with Coles and AFAIK he's not transphobic. Did you see the source?

@goatsarah who are these weirdos who think medics read the damned notes. None of them know how healthcare works in reality.

@cstross Not only women/genderqueer people but disabled academics/students need this stuff too.

There needs to be:
* Information about what trips actually entail so people can plan access.
* Supportive culture where people are allowed to have needs that differ from one another.
* Clear ways to ask and get specific stuff.
* Sharing what might work (Karen Darke for example is paraplegic but still did & does geology and other 'extreme' environment trips post-injury https://www.karendarke.com/)

@cstross I work with disabled students and I've tried (and often failed) to get trip-leaders to give clear advance info and consider ways to adjust things.

One occasion, despite extensive discussions about distance/terrain in advance, a disabled student of mine was left sat for 3 hours on their own sat on a rock cos the terrain was not as described & therefore inaccessible. We'd have hired a specialist wheelchair or done a different thing IF the leader hadn't lied to me/student.

ICQ vs Teams. So very true. I'm probably going to have to get a new work computer with days of reconfig cos so much is not saved properly in our profiles cos Teams just Cannot Cope and is eating 97% of the RAM constantly even when not in a video call.

Image now ALT texted. I thought it was described but re-seeing my boost in timeline the image wasn't described, so can only assume I was having a stupid last night and you get this post instead.

@KaraLG84 @GreenSkyOverMe Altho I have seen posts of an animal sitting quietly, but that could be dog people putting dogs in everything, the sort of people who use the Caturday hashtag for dogs...

@goatsarah I couldn't agree more. I'd love to have a prehensile tail!

@goatsarah OK That made me giggle out loud.

Actually I need a new mattress... But unlike those grifting .....s I will buy my own.